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Obama takes charge at hurricane command center
AFP ^ | Aug. 27, 2011

Posted on 08/27/2011 1:19:01 PM PDT by PROCON

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Saturday personally led his government’s response to Hurricane Irene, marshalling top officials and visiting a disaster command center as the storm roared ashore.

Obama greeted officials at the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) set up at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, and then held a video conference with federal and state officials.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: black; fema; hurricaneirene; irene; mediabias; nrcc; obama; photoop; presidentdowngrade; propaganda
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To: bgill

We’re sooo doomed.

You think we will be worse off then Katrina? I don’t think so. The federal and state government of all states involved are on top of this. I am actually quite proud of how much they are taking this seriously. I think a lot of lessons were learned by Katrina.


81 posted on 08/27/2011 2:04:15 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: mainepatsfan

“We didn’t realize how bad it was.”


82 posted on 08/27/2011 2:04:47 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: PROCON

You really should have had an Onion/satire tag on this.

Because there’s no way on earth it’s a serious article.

/s


83 posted on 08/27/2011 2:06:25 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: NormsRevenge

"Okay, enough with the flooding projections. I want to know if my Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday tee times at Andrews are in jeopardy. Can't you people keep your priorities straight? Do I have to think of everything!?"

84 posted on 08/27/2011 2:06:45 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: PROCON

85 posted on 08/27/2011 2:06:55 PM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I’m seeing gusts up to the high 50’s. I don’t have TV so, maybe FOX is right. But I can’t find it. The sustained winds, aren’t showing 85. If there are any, where are they?

Suffolk, VA, currently just above the eye—
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USVA0745

Roanoke Rapids, to the west of the eye—
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USNC0573

Richmond, VA, North—
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USVA0652


86 posted on 08/27/2011 2:07:50 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Be strong in truth!)
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To: foundedonpurpose

Headline from Drudge:

“Scientist mocks: Phony “hurricane” coming on shore with 33mph winds”.

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/noaas-phony-hurricane-coming-on-shore-with-33-mph-winds/


87 posted on 08/27/2011 2:09:57 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ("Cut the Crap and Balance!" -- Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)
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To: PROCON
I wanne be in control!


88 posted on 08/27/2011 2:13:18 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: USNBandit

nice pink microphone, baracky.


89 posted on 08/27/2011 2:15:35 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: PROCON
“You guys are doing a great job obviously,” Obama told a group in the command center. “This is obviously going to be a touch and go.”

Obviously Obama turns in yet another tour-de-FARCE showing - attending a meeting where he is obviously the least knowledgeable, least experienced, and least likely leader in the room.

90 posted on 08/27/2011 2:17:02 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Thanx


91 posted on 08/27/2011 2:20:03 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Be strong in truth!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

92 posted on 08/27/2011 2:21:07 PM PDT by PROCON (My Passion for FREEDOM is Stronger Than That of Democrats Whose Obsession is to Enslave Me.)
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To: foundedonpurpose

Latest NOAA advisory:

“MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...”

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/221302.shtml


93 posted on 08/27/2011 2:22:10 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ("Cut the Crap and Balance!" -- Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)
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To: PROCON

Please, what a joke. This guy has no leadership ability and could not command an tire inner tube in a calm lake.


94 posted on 08/27/2011 2:22:52 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Please, what a joke. This guy has no leadership ability and could not command an tire inner tube in a calm lake.

well, he's got to decide which districts get the FEMA money, which ones get martial law.

95 posted on 08/27/2011 2:24:19 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: PROCON
OK, someone had to do it!


96 posted on 08/27/2011 2:27:15 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

ROFLOL, good pic!


97 posted on 08/27/2011 2:28:26 PM PDT by PROCON (My Passion for FREEDOM is Stronger Than That of Democrats Whose Obsession is to Enslave Me.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

LOCATION...36.2N 76.0W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM SSE OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA
ABOUT 340 MI...545 KM SSW OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H

That’s Kitty Hawk NC—
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USNC0362

Feels Like: 75°
Wind Chill: 75° Ceiling: 1500
Heat Index: 75° Visibility: 0.75mi
Dew Point: 72° Wind: 58mph
Humidity: 89% Direction: 190° (S)
Pressure: 28.35” Gusts: 74mph
Report Text: KMQI 272035Z AUTO 19050G64KT 3/4SM

Closer- but no cigar, gusting to 74mph. That is not a sustained wind of 80MPH. Propaganda anyone?


98 posted on 08/27/2011 2:35:26 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Be strong in truth!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Barky is a clueless wonder, probably making himself a nuisance and getting in the way of people who are trying to do their jobs.


99 posted on 08/27/2011 2:35:57 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ... USS Iowa BB61)
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To: PROCON
Obama at FEMA, “Let me be perfectly clear. I inherited these terrible atmospheric conditions from George W. Bush.”

Closed Captioning provided by cc2k.

100 posted on 08/27/2011 2:36:35 PM PDT by cc2k ( If having an "R" makes you conservative, does walking into a barn make you a horse's (_*_)?)
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